February - Oklahoma Electric Cooperative

Youth News
Eighth graders needed
for Energy Camp
by Brianna Wall
2012 Energy Camp attendee
Amanda Wood (right) of
Community Christian School rises
up to 50 feet in the air in an electric
co-op bucket truck.
Photo by Brianna Wall
A four-day action-packed adventure awaits five eighth-graders in OEC’s
service area. Energy Camp helps develop leadership skills and promotes teamwork
while teaching about cooperative principles, the rural electrification program and
electrical safety. The camp takes place at Canyon Camp, near Hinton, Okla. This year’s
camp is scheduled for May 28–31. [62-044-013-00]
While Energy Camp offers many traditional summer camp activities like swimming,
hiking, basketball and a ropes course, teens also have the unique opportunity to climb a utility pole
and tower 40 to 50 feet in the air in the basket of a bucket truck. They will take home a new-found
confidence and a host of new friends–like-minded peers from all over Oklahoma.
Students currently enrolled in the eighth grade at a school in OEC’s service area–Norman, Moore,
Chickasha, Blanchard, Newcastle, Tuttle, Amber-Pocasset, Dibble, Washington, Purcell and Noble–are
eligible to compete for a spot at Energy Camp. To enter, students must write and submit a 200-word essay
on the following topic:
Name and explain one way in which electric cooperatives are different than other businesses.
Information and an entry form can be found by visiting OEC’s website, www.okcoop.org. Contact
Brianna Wall–217-6708 or brianna.wall@okcoop.org–if you would like this information mailed to you or
have questions. Essays may be mailed to OEC, Attn: Brianna Wall, PO Box 1208, Norman, OK 73070
and received no later than Monday, April 8, 2013.
8 February 2013